71st Annual Tony Awards celebrate Broadway’s best & brightest
Winners of the 2017 Tony Awards — celebrating the best of Broadway musical, comedy and drama — braved near triple digit temperatures traveling from the awards venue at Radio City Music Hall to the venerable Lambs Theater Club several blocks away, which served as an impromptu winners’ circle and media center, to share their feelings with the press and public.
Reactions varied as first-time winner for lighting design Bradley King kissed his trophy. “I don’t know what it means,” King told BroadwayWorld.com. “It’s just overwhelming. When we started this [“Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”] five years ago, none of us thought we’d ever be here!”
At the other end of the spectrum, veteran Broadway star Bette Midler, awarded best actress in a musical for the revival of “Hello, Dolly!” marched confidently across the red carpet, eschewing directions from the show publicists, moving with poise and precision well in advance of paparazzi requests.